Coming soon is the new CubeSatSim Lite - an all new board that provides the functionality of the CubeSatSim but without the cost and complexity of batteries and solar panels.

CubeSatSim Lite

The circuit board for the CubeSatSim Lite vB5 is shown here

The CubeSatSim Lite board has all SMD components except for the GPIO connector and will be available at the AMSAT Store fully assembled.

The BOM is available here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1v_T4uaTjKZPN4c26VVDA-Z5S3OZPmDB2Mxq0PVaXGuc/edit?usp=sharing

The CubeSatSim Lite runs the same software as the CubeSatSim but it generates simulated telemetry. The parameters are randomly generated each time it restarts.

Here is the ReadMe for the CubeSatSim Lite: https://cubesatsim.org/download/cubesatsim-lite-readme.pdf

Here is a set of videos about the CubeSatSim Lite: https://cubesatsim.org/lite-videos

A fully assembled CubeSatSim Lite board is shown here running:

Here is one with a small USB power pack, Pi Camera, and mounted in a 3D printed 1U frame:

Here is the schematic for the CubeSatSim Lite Board

https://github.com/alanbjohnston/CubeSatSim/blob/master/hardware/lite/vB5/cubesatsim-lite-0.5_schematic.pdf

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